The procedure for Essaouira airport. Just now am leaving Morocco for a flying visit to Germany. Bike parked at the hotel I stayed at in town. Essaouira airport is very small.
1. In the entry hall as you enter, look left where the arrivals exit is and go there. Explain your situation to someone in uniform loitering there. There are lots of uninformed types everywhere.
I was escorted the wrong way through arrivals security to the customs office. I think I spoke to the main customs boss. All very friendly and professional. I again explained in dubious French what I was doing. He completed a form that I signed. He then gave me a different piece of paper for immigration. I was then escorted back thought arrivals security into the entry hall.
2. Got my boarding pass from the airline.
3. Passed through departures security
4. At immigration/ passport control, the officer stamped me out. I volunteered the document that the customs boss had given me. The immigration officer transcribed something from his screen (he still had my passport) onto that piece of paper. I asked if I could have it back, but he said he'd keep it. (I'd taken a picture of it in the interim).
Am now waiting for the flight. I wish German immigration/ customs/ security were as pleasant as their Moroccan brethren.
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